Apple's 'super resolution mode' could enable future iPhones to take panoramas with just one tap

Apple has been granted a camera patent for creating
"super-resolution" images, which would use the optical image
stabilization in an iPhone's camera to take a single-shot
panoramic image, according to Patently
Apple.

iOS devices have been able to take panoramic photos since the
introduction of iOS 6 in 2012, but instead of moving the device
to capture a sequence of images, the camera sensor itself would
move instead. That means future iPhones could remove the stress
of keeping your iPhone steady as you rotate it around for
panoramas — just one tap and you're done.

If Apple were to somehow rush this feature out before the iPhone
7 (highly unlikely), this process would currently be limited to
the iPhone 6 Plus and iPhone 6S Plus, as they're the only
two iOS devices to have optically stabilized lenses.

Although the introduction of super-resolution images would
differentiate the iPhone's camera from its competitors, it's
important to understand that this patent was granted along with
42 others, so there's no guarantee that it will ever appear in an
actual Apple device.